5 Local Flood Risk Management Strategy and Plan PDF 228 KB
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Decision:
Following
scrutiny, members supported the Local Flood Risk Management Strategy and Plan
to Cabinet.
Minutes:
The Cabinet Member
for Streetscene Scott Jones gave members an update on the report. he advised
that the Council is acting as a lead local flood authority for the region and
has a statutory duty to produce and develop a local Flood Risk Management
Strategy and plan as stipulated under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.
Members were advised
that the authority published its first Local Strategy in 2014, setting out the
overarching approach to managing local flood risk and that alongside the local
strategy, the Flood Risk Management Plan was published in 2015.
Members were advised
that the Flood Risk Management Plan developed the objectives, measures and
actions outlined in the Local Strategy into a more detailed plan for managing
flooding in the authority’s communities based on political wards.
The cabinet member
explained that the document is the second Local Strategy and whilst the
authority previously published the Local Strategy separately, this new Local
strategy and plan integrates the two documents into one, reducing the
complexity and duplication.
Members were advised
that this document will work alongside other strategic plans for shoreline
management, infrastructure and planning and to set out the direction the
authority wants to take it.
Members were informed
that the document explains how flooding will be managed across the Local
Authority area consistent with the objectives, measures and related policies
and legislation set out in the National Strategies.
The Cabinet member
explained that the document was written in a way that it's usable and referable
for both the wider public and flood risk practitioners.
The Cabinet member
stated that it is the authority’s intention that a strategy and the plan will
be reviewed every two years, and the action plan will be updated accordingly.
Officers advised
members that this is a very important area within highways and drainage. A lot
of investment has been made to the authority and staffing and forward planning
through succession planning. Members were made aware that officers are in discussions
with Welsh Government on a regular basis and that officers currently have a
10-year pipeline planned for schemes throughout the county borough based on
need, which has a total value of £35,000,000.
Officers explained
that these are dependent on Welsh Government funding because currently in the
authority’s capital budget the authority only have an allocation of £300,000
per year, which has been eroded by inflation. Officers feel that the authority
are at the forefront of flood risk in Wales and maybe in the UK and has a great
team of individuals and are building for the future, but a lot of it will
depend on grand funding going forward.
Members were advised
that the authority has undertaken large amount of works throughout the county
borough and that while Welsh Government supplies 85% of the funding, 15% of the
funding must be found internally by the local authority. Officers advised that
for the £35 million mentioned, the authority will need to find around £5.1
million over the next 10 years.
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